Glennis Grace
| Glennis Grace | |
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| Born |
Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta 19 June 1978 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Recording artist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Partner(s) | Moos Majri (2006–12) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website |
www |
Glennis Grace (born as Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta, 19 June 1978, Amsterdam) is a singer from the Netherlands who in 2005 won the national selection in the Netherlands for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for the nation. Grace's song was the ballad My Impossible Dream, but she did not advance the semifinal. She was discovered after she won a Dutch TV talent show where she performed Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time". In April 2011 she reached the top of the Dutch singles chart with a rendition of "Afscheid", originally made famous by Volumia!
Discography
| Year | Title Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Top 100 | Dutch Top 40 | |||
| 1994 | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" | 13 | 13 | |
| 1995 | "Somewhere In Time" | 46 | - | |
| 1995 | "Goodbye (A Love Triangle)" | 74 | - | |
| 2002 | "Always On My Mind" | 43 | - | |
| 2003 | "Absolutely Not" | 68 | - | |
| 2005 | "My Impossible Dream" | 15 | 26 | |
| 2005 | "Shake Up The Party" | 33 | - | |
| 2007 | "Hoe" | 33 | - | |
| 2008 | "Dansen Met Het Leven" | 40 | - | |
| 2008 | "Als Je Slaapt" | 9 | - | |
| 2010 | "Als Je Mij Weer Aankijkt" | 22 | - | |
| 2011 | "Afscheid" | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | "Always" | 26 | - | |
| 2011 | "Wil je niet nog 1 nacht" | 3 | 5 | |
| 2012 | "Ik ben niet van jou" | 59 | - | |
| Year | Title Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album Top 100 | |||
| 1995 | "Real Emotion" | - | |
| 2004 | "Secrets Of My Soul" | - | |
| 2005 | "My Impossible Dream" | 28 | |
| 2008 | "Glennis" | 32 | |
| 2011 | "One Moment In Time" | 26 | |
| 2011 | "One Night Only" | 2 | |
| 2012 | "This Is My Voice" | 2 | |
External links
- Official homepage (Dutch)
- Glennis Grace on Twitter
- Glennis Grace at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.esctoday.com/annual/2005/page/15
- http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/4500?PHPSESSID=34c
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Re-Union with "Without You" |
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |
Succeeded by Treble with "Amambanda" |
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